carolinacaniac Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 This past Saturday, I went to my first coaster enthusiast event, Volcanomania. It was put on by the Coaster Zombies and Coaster Crew. I had gotten up at 3:30 that morning for when Melissa got off of work because she wanted me to stay up since her car was running on a doughnut (she was going to get a new tire later in the morning before going to work). Since I was planning on getting up at 4 or so, I did not worry about trying to go back to bed when Melissa got home. I got showered and headed out, stopping at Sheetz here in Greenville for some breakfast. I made really good time and pulled up to the parking lot gate at about 8. It turned out to be Cold and Rainy for most of the day, but the sun broke out every once in a while. Most of the rides ran all day, the only exception was HyperSonic which did not open until around 5. ERT took place on Volcano from 9:30 until 10:30, and Flight of Fear ERT was from about 10:00 to 10:30. During the ERT I got 6 rides on Volcano and 5 on Flight of Fear. I had a personal record of 35 rides on coaster today, with counts going as such: -Volcano: 7 -Flight of Fear: 6 -Grizzly: 5 -Scooby Doo Ghoster Coaster: 3 -Anaconda: 3 -Rebel Yell: 3 -Shockwave: 2 -Hurler: 2 -Italian Job: 2 -Avalanche: 1 -Ricochet: 1 I also took a spin on Flying Eagles, Drop Zone and Dodgems as well. Other than the cold and wet weather, it was a pretty good day. It was fun to meet some new people and to be around people who appreciate coasters the way I do. Same reason I cannot wait until Saturday for the TPR meet at SFA!!!!! Here are the pics! And a parting shot of the Eifel Tower from the warmth of my car. Thanks for reading!!!!! For some reason, I was waiting to hear the ride attendents to say "Welcome to Alaska" when the train came back to the station. Maybe that will stay at Cedar Point Signature Shot!!!!!!! Still a really fun coaster! Nothing like a round of Bumper Cars. These were actually hitting hard today! Anyone else ready for the third one to come out? I know I am! Luckily I got my ear protecors just for this ride!!!!! (Actually, these were just ear muffs, since it was cold out). Head bashing fun that is Shockwave My favorite drop ride!!!!! Cedar Fair Official: "So when are you gonna finish getting those Paramount logos down?" Kings Dominion Worker: "When we can get the operation signs right" Rebel Yell, both sides were running well today. So HyperSonic has the ability to stop on the top on the tower. Maybe if it did that while people rode it, it would make up for it being a bit rougher latly, although I did not get a chance to see if it ran better this year. Hurler, this thing was shuffling like a deck of cards today! Ricochet, one of my favorite Wild Mouse coasters (but not as good as Steel Dragon at Waldameer). Grizzly might as well have been part of the ERT too. The rest of the park was like this almost all day! "Stop. Who would cross the Entrance of Death must answer me these questions three, ere the ride he see. What is your name?" Flying Eagles, I had never ridden this before today. The wind was getting a little heavy which made for some good snaps! They took out the Hannah-Barbera video Clint Novak of Coaster Crew and In The Loop podcast. He held a podcast after the raffle, but I didn't catch it as I went to ride. My nametag, the Volcanomaina Button, and a pin from the Italian Job opening from last year. Everyone also got front-of-the-line passes good on any wednesday from June through August. My ticket was the third one drawn, and I won 10 Scooby Bucks!!!!! Sam of Coaster Zombies drawing tickets for the raffle just after lunch The Hangtime Moment of Anaconda Anaconda, which from the next to last row gave good rides today! May be small, but still gives a good ride. After ERT was finished with Volcano and Flight of Fear, I went on a little riding until lunchtime. First was Scooby Doo A great ride! I missed Flight of Fear, for each time I came up to Kings Dominion last year, it was closed off. A hanger? what could be inside? Hey, this gate was closed last year, I wonder what could be back here...... Ahhhhhm the perks or ERT, no lines for great rides! Waiting to take an ERT ride on Volcano Well, well, well. Where have we seen this before? They have opened up Volcano just for us! AHHHHHH, INTAMIN GOODNESS!!!!! The fountains greet us into the park Here we all are waiting to be let into the park for some ERT on Volcano and Flight of Fear! Drop Zone from the parking lot booths The star of the event, VOLCANO! This was taken while waiting for them to open the parking booths Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpenguy Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Looks like fun, and a good day to go specifically to ride lots of coasters lots of times. Were there a lot of other Paramount logos besides the one you took a picture of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théo the little french Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Does someone has an on-ride video of Volcano? This ride is a real mystery for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkdcoaster Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Does someone has an on-ride video of Volcano? This ride is a real mystery for me! http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23937 all you have to do is look around the site a little. Nice photo TR Glad you had a good time with such a dead day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba Z Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Looks like fun, and a good day to go specifically to ride lots of coasters lots of times. Were there a lot of other Paramount logos besides the one you took a picture of? Yes the park is full of them. As well as signs on 95 going to the park. I've heard it will take at least a year to phase them all out. Same goes for Carowinds as I was there the week before. I'm happy to report the NC/SC sign is no longer cut in half and replaced with a new one. If I hadn't left my camera at my sisters house in Va I'd post it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Great TR. It looks like it was a fun day! Were you allowed to reride anything since there seemed to be no lines? PKD used to be great for letting you reride when there were no lines, but I'm wondering if Cedar Fair has put an end to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carolinacaniac Posted April 18, 2007 Author Share Posted April 18, 2007 Great TR. It looks like it was a fun day! Were you allowed to reride anything since there seemed to be no lines? PKD used to be great for letting you reride when there were no lines, but I'm wondering if Cedar Fair has put an end to that. That was the main reason I got as many rides in as I did. I had a re-ride on just about everything except Volcano and Flight of Fear (seperate exit platforms), I also did not get a reride on Ricochet by choice, but I could have just switched to another car since nobody was in line at the time, and Avalance was only one ride because it actually had a line. And just like Bubba Z said, there were tons of Paramount signs around! I think Carowinds had more removed than Kings Dominion though, especially the front Signs. Kings Dominion still has their Paramount Logo at the front, but Carowinds ditched theirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba Z Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Hey Sue ! We rode the Flyers five times in a row. Grizzly three times Hurler twice, you get the point. Rain, plus cheerleaders = empty park, it was great! Oh by the way carolinacaniac, I was the one in the Carowinds sweatshirt . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théo the little french Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Does someone has an on-ride video of Volcano? This ride is a real mystery for me! http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23937 all you have to do is look around the site a little. Nice photo TR Glad you had a good time with such a dead day I often forget I'm a TPR forum member and I can watch ALL the videos I want Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carolinacaniac Posted April 18, 2007 Author Share Posted April 18, 2007 Hey Sue ! We rode the Flyers five times in a row. Grizzly three times Hurler twice, you get the point. Rain, plus cheerleaders = empty park, it was great! Oh by the way carolinacaniac, I was the one in the Carowinds sweatshirt . I think I remember you, but I am not sure. I had the blue Cedar Point jacket on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterfreak101 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 I tried to find myself in a picture, but I couldn't Did you take a video of FoF launching? That might've been you...or maybe it wasn't and I'm asking completely pointless questions! Anyways, ERT was so much fun! Glad to hear you had a good time, I'm pretty sure everyone did! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carolinacaniac Posted April 19, 2007 Author Share Posted April 19, 2007 Yep, that was me. I may have to post that video, I just have to figure out what is wrong with my win-zip program. I had actually taken that video to show my fiancee what the launch is like since when she and I went to the park last July, Flight of Fear was closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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